When i turn on my computer, everything goes normal for about 15-20secs. Then it just shuts itself off. I posted a thread in the forums about power supplies... and we ruled out the power supply being the cause of it.
I'm not sure but he reinstalled xp a few times and only when he replaced his board tht everything was ok. It could be temperature, tht happened to my sister's com. We moved it to an air conditioned room and everything was fine.
Well it could be a million things. Give us some more details. Download a temperature monitor and tell us the readings.
It doesnt realy sound like a heat problem. Like you said, it shuts off after 15-20 seconds, which means its heating up very very very fast. Unless theres no heatsink or its very loose, I doubt its a temperature issue, otherwise damn you have one hot computer. Do a ram check also. I forget the name of the program which is the most commonly used, but im sure someone will post it.
memtest runs before booting windows. just install memtest86 onto a floppy (instructions on the site) and boot with it. I think they say to let it pass 4 times.
memtest runs before booting windows. just install memtest86 onto a floppy (instructions on the site) and boot with it. I think they say to let it pass 4 times.
I assumed when he said it restarts after 15-20 seconds, he meant it did that regardless of whether he loaded windows or not. I'm probably wrong though.
There's too many possibilities with the info he's given so far. Does this happen before Windows loads or when Windows has loaded? If it's 15-20 seconds from when you push the power button, then heat is most likely the cause due to an inproperly installed or seated heatsink.
There's too many possibilities with the info he's given so far. Does this happen before Windows loads or when Windows has loaded? If it's 15-20 seconds from when you push the power button, then heat is most likely the cause due to an inproperly installed or seated heatsink.
exactly. if its 15-20 seconds after windows loads, it could be the sasser worm like keeb said.
if you can get into your bios, check your voltage rails. i had a similar problem and at first i thought it was the ps but after swapping it out the problem still occured. it turned out to be the board not able to hold a stable voltage. RMA'd the board and everything worked. if you cannot get into windows at all then it's most likely a heat issue as stated above or a voltage issue. post your voltage rails if possible
I doute he has sasser how many people are dumb enough not to run windows update or get sp2 .
Thats a rather silly comment to make. If you're on a LAN then the moment windows starts for the first time (assuming DHCP) you will be connected to the internet. That is plenty of time before you can download and install SP2 for it to infect and take effect.
I had the same problem for a while, I then contacted a friend of mine to help me out on this issue, He told me that he had contacted Microsoft and there was a bug in Windows XP Sp1 Home Edition and that for some reason if there was something set in the software programming that it would shut itself down after a certain amount of time, if your format the hard drive and then re-install the operating system, this should help. However, make sure that if you format, you are able to re-install the right operating system, if you have Windows XP Update, you are going to need have a previous OS, such as Windows 98, Windows 98SE, Windows 2000, or Windows ME!
I FOUND THE PROBLEM... I was looking at everything in the comp...Again, when i noticed that one of the four attachments of the cpu fan to the mobo had cracked and wasnt getting close enough!
*Drive to CompUSA, buy new fan, drive home, install it*
And now i can turn it on!!
So in the end, the problem was me not looking hard enough at the comp.
Anyways, thanks all for your replies
O yeah...heh, the pieces that attached the mobo to the heatsink.
But yes, everything is working well now! Except for the sound, but ill put that in the other forums
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It doesnt realy sound like a heat problem. Like you said, it shuts off after 15-20 seconds, which means its heating up very very very fast. Unless theres no heatsink or its very loose, I doubt its a temperature issue, otherwise damn you have one hot computer. Do a ram check also. I forget the name of the program which is the most commonly used, but im sure someone will post it.
http://www.memtest86.com
Try using this and see if it finds any errors or problems.
I assumed when he said it restarts after 15-20 seconds, he meant it did that regardless of whether he loaded windows or not. I'm probably wrong though.
You posted a temp in your other thread (72 deg.) was that celcius or farenheit?
Can you get into your system BIOS at all without it shutting down?
exactly. if its 15-20 seconds after windows loads, it could be the sasser worm like keeb said.
I doute he has sasser how many people are dumb enough not to run windows update or get sp2
Thats a rather silly comment to make. If you're on a LAN then the moment windows starts for the first time (assuming DHCP) you will be connected to the internet. That is plenty of time before you can download and install SP2 for it to infect and take effect.
*Drive to CompUSA, buy new fan, drive home, install it*
And now i can turn it on!!
So in the end, the problem was me not looking hard enough at the comp.
Anyways, thanks all for your replies
But yes, everything is working well now! Except for the sound, but ill put that in the other forums